Friday, December 5, 2025

New Jersey-bound JetBlue plane that plunged thousands of feet likely hit by 'cosmic rays from another galaxy' December 05, 2025 at 02:38AM

A JetBlue flight from Cancun to Newark experienced a sudden, severe altitude drop, injuring 15 passengers on October 30. While initially attributed to solar radiation, a space expert now suggests a cosmic ray from a distant supernova may have disrupted the plane's electronics. Solar radiation levels on October 30 were not high enough to cause the disruption, the expert said.

‘Slandered all’: Tim Walz hits back at Trump’s Somalis ‘garbage’ remark, calls it ‘unprecedented’ December 05, 2025 at 01:30AM

Minnesota governor Tim Walz condemned President Trump's remarks calling the state's Somali community "garbage" and Minnesota a "hellhole." Trump's comments followed claims of fraud reaching al-Shabab and preceded the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Somalis. Republican leaders in Minnesota declined to join Walz in condemning the president.